8. The king of Syria was at war with Israel. He consulted his officers and chose a place to set up his camp.
9. But Elisha sent word to the king of Israel, warning him not to go near that place, because the Syrians were waiting in ambush there.
10. So the king of Israel warned the people who lived in that place, and they were on guard. This happened several times.
11. The Syrian king became greatly upset over this; he called in his officers and asked them, “Which one of you is on the side of the king of Israel?”
12. One of them answered, “No one is, Your Majesty. The prophet Elisha tells the king of Israel what you say even in the privacy of your own room.”
13. “Find out where he is,” the king ordered, “and I will capture him.”When he was told that Elisha was in Dothan,